School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Advanced Motor Learning and Control
  • Unit Code

    SPS3516
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr James Lister CROFT

Description

This unit builds on knowledge from Motor Control and Learning with a more practical-focused series of seminars and laboratory projects on perception and action, development of sporting expertise, the control of movement and decision making in time-pressured environments.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed SPS2516

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SPS2112

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Discuss the processes involved in perception and action, particularly visual perception.
  2. Investigate the factors influencing the development and assessment of sporting expertise.
  3. Explain the factors that influence the control of movement.
  4. Discuss factors affecting decision-making in time-pressured environments.
  5. Apply appropriate research methodology, experimental techniques, analytical and evaluative skills in the collection and analysis of data in motor learning and control.

Unit Content

  1. Visual perception and action.
  2. Development and assessment of sporting expertise.
  3. Open- and closed-loop models of motor control, including the origin and role of sensory information.
  4. Factors affecting decision making in team sports and interceptive tasks.
  5. Experimental design, collection and analysis of data for the analysis of motor control.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, practical laboratory sessions, self-directed student activities, and online content.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioLaboratory work30%
TestOnline quizzes30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioLaboratory work30%
TestOnline quizzes30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Advanced Motor Learning and Control
  • Unit Code

    SPS3516
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr James Lister CROFT

Description

This unit builds on knowledge from Motor Control and Learning with a more practical-focused series of seminars and laboratory projects on perception and action, development of sporting expertise, the control of movement and decision making in time-pressured environments.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed SPS2516

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SPS2112

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Discuss the processes involved in perception and action, particularly visual perception.
  2. Investigate the factors influencing the development and assessment of sporting expertise.
  3. Explain the factors that influence the control of movement.
  4. Discuss factors affecting decision-making in time-pressured environments.
  5. Apply appropriate research methodology, experimental techniques, analytical and evaluative skills in the collection and analysis of data in motor learning and control.

Unit Content

  1. Visual perception and action.
  2. Development and assessment of sporting expertise.
  3. Open- and closed-loop models of motor control, including the origin and role of sensory information.
  4. Factors affecting decision making in team sports and interceptive tasks.
  5. Experimental design, collection and analysis of data for the analysis of motor control.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, practical laboratory sessions, self-directed student activities, and online content.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioLaboratory work30%
TestOnline quizzes30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioLaboratory work30%
TestOnline quizzes30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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